Numbers 18:19:16Num.18.19.W16TAB
עוֹלָ֥ם
olam
“forever”
- Transliteration
- o-LAM
- Extended
- oh-LAAM
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
be-REET ME-lakh o-LAM HI
- clause
be-REET ME-lakh o-LAM HI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA it-KHAKH
- sentence
KOL te-ru-MOT ha-ko-da-SHIM a-SHER ya-ri-MU be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH na-ta-TI le-KHA u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-O-lam be-REET ME-lakh o-LAM HI lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA it-KHAKH
Exegesis
The covenant formula berit melach olam {בְּרִית מֶלַח עוֹלָם | bə-rîṯ mê-laḥ ō-lām} ‘covenant of salt’ evokes unbreakable continuity before the divine presence lifnei YHWH {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | li(p)-nê yə-hō-wāh}, reinforcing the promise for you and your offspring.
In context — Numbers 18:19
All the offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to the LORD I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you as a perpetual statute. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and for your descendants with you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 18:19, so the Hebrew word עוֹלָ֥ם (olam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.18.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.19.W16.S1) and character.